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President Gotabaya Rajapaksa today appointed six Judges to the Supreme Court, a new Chairman to the Court of Appeal and 14 Judges to the Court of Appeal, the President’s Media Division (PMD) said.

The judges were sworn in before the President at the Presidential Secretariat this afternoon.

The new Judges of the Supreme Court are A.H.M. Dilip Nawaz, Kumudini Wickramasinghe, Anthony Lalith Shiran Gunaratne, Janak de Silva, Arachchige Achala Uthpalavarna Wengappuli and Mahinda Abeysinghe Samayawardena.

Justice Arjuna Obeysekera was sworn in as the new Chairman of the Court of Appeal.

Newly appointed 14 Judges of the Court of Appeal are as follows,

01: Menaka Wijesundera

02: D.N.Samarakoon

03: M.Prasantha de Silva

04: M.T.M.Lafaar

05: C. Pradeep Keerthisinghe

06: Sampath B. Abhayakoon

07: M.S.K.B. Wijeratne

08: S.U.B. Karaliyadda

09: R. Gurusinghe

10: G.A.D.Ganepola

11: K.K.A.V.Swarnadhipathi

12: Mayadunne Corea

13: Prabhaharan Kumararatnam and

14: W.N.N.P. Iddawala.


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  • History of Tamil Legal Eagles Tuesday, 01 December 2020 08:40 PM

    Just only one Tamil Name in the long list of new Judges. In the 40s, 50s, 60s, 70s and up to80s there were scores of top Tamil Lawyers, some of them educated at Oxford, Cambridge, or London were dominating the legal circles in Colombo. And in Jaffna the four Magistrate Courts had frequent spellbinding performances by high quality Jaffna Lawyers. Now , the golden age for Tamil Lawyers and Judges is gone, and this is permanent.

    FF Tuesday, 01 December 2020 09:43 PM

    CAUSE TAMILS DID NOT VOTE TO SLPP

    Sinhalese Tuesday, 01 December 2020 09:39 PM

    But be a successful lawyers and charge "high fees" no body can stop this.

    Anamaduwa Tuesday, 01 December 2020 09:42 PM

    To come to this, one must be a good bootlicker.

    Resde Aswe Tuesday, 01 December 2020 11:55 PM

    Family and friends

    Arfw Wednesday, 02 December 2020 12:50 AM

    Judges should not have to swear an oath to the president, but the country...

    Thor Wednesday, 02 December 2020 06:49 AM

    More 'sidewinders'!!!

    Sam Wednesday, 02 December 2020 07:15 AM

    Birds of a feather, flock together.

    Sambo Wednesday, 02 December 2020 07:33 AM

    Birds of feather flock together. The people has lost it's respect for the law in this country.

    Shawn Wednesday, 02 December 2020 12:19 PM

    Any connection between with recent verdicts against governing politicians and these promotions?

    Panikam Kusalan Wednesday, 02 December 2020 03:23 PM

    We do not need a legal system, neither a law college. Wasting public money to educate lawyers - a parliament is sufficient for all! Close down all courts and law colleges.

    Joker Wednesday, 02 December 2020 07:07 PM

    All the presidents men?


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